Tom Brady is being criticized for jumping off a cliff with his daughter

Abigail Rosenthal, GateHouse Media

Tuesday

Jul 23, 2019 at 3:03 PM

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is facing backlash after posting a video of jumping into water from a cliff with his daughter.

The video posted to Brady's Instagram account shows Brady and his 6-year-old daughter, Vivian, jumping off a cliff. Vivian seemingly hesitates after Brady jumps, resulting in an awkward landing in the water. She swam over to Brady shortly.

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If Vivi is going to be an Olympic champion one day, it probably won’t be in synchronized diving. Daddy always gives her a 10 though!

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"If Vivi is going to be an Olympic champion one day, it probably won’t be in synchronized diving," Brady captioned the video. "Daddy always gives her a 10 though!"

But many are calling the jump irresponsible or dangerous, pointing out the rocks below.

"Absolutely the most stupid and dangerous thing for a 6 yr. old child to do," one person commented. "You should be ASHAMED."

A few celebrities also commented on Brady's post.

"You KNOW I have complete faith in you as a man, friend, player and father - but this just gave me anxiety. Geeezus," Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson wrote in a comment on the post, along with two clapping emojis and a crying laughing emoji.

Golden State Warriors player Stephen Curry and rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs commented with more crying laughing emojis, and former NFL player Brett Favre said, "She is a 10 but old dad gets a (thumbs down emoji)."

Some comments defended Brady against the criticism.

"As much as I don’t like the patriots nor Tom Brady, I don’t understand the outrage," one comment said. "They were holding hands and planned to jump in, she froze while still holding hands. I think it would’ve been worse had he let go of her hand because she could’ve lost balance and fell on the rocks."

"We live in a world where kids are wrapped in cotton wool," another said. "Let him be a dad and her a little girl."